Scott Too Quotes

We did what people do. We stood side by side and smoked our little passive aggressive wishes for death, and stared down at our glory days. And then we set the world on fire, for a dream that felt so real is nothing but a risk never taken. ~ Victor Giannini

Many, if not most, career opportunities come to you through people you know. So the more people you know, the more opportunities you have. Improving your social network is a great example of a system for moving from lower odds to better odds without having a specific goal. ~ Scott Adams

I'll let you get back to sweating and grunting."
"You probably shouldn't leave then. ~ Ashlan Thomas

My own face had now assumed a deep tropical burn. ~ F Scott Fitzgerald

Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog. ~ Robert Falcon Scott

Can't you see, Amber? Losing you would be like a stake to my heart. ~ Jayde Scott

I want those perfect eyes and lips, and for everyone to look at me and gasp. And for everyone who sees me to think Who's that? and want to get to know me, and listen to what I say."
"I'd rather have something to say. ~ Scott Westerfeld

When you make a film, you sign a contract with somebody, and it's not only legally binding but morally binding. You agree to give this man a certain number of weeks of your life, and you just go for it as much as possible. Because, whatever happens, the film is going to come out, so you might as well try very hard to make it a good one. ~ Kristin Scott Thomas

Good people do not let others suffer needlessly. ~ Orson Scott Card

I lived to make Scott Baio laugh. ~ Willie Aames

Faced with unmeasurables, people steer their way by magic. ~ Denise Scott Brown

I hate it when you 'deal' with me." "OK, what if I 'handle' you instead? ~ Orson Scott Card

A voice called out, cold as chloroform and old shame. ~ Scott Lynch

A bad driving and not even trying! ~ F Scott Fitzgerald

Most actors feel only one way. We're just grateful to have a job. ~ Seann William Scott

The only reasonable goal in life is maximizing your total lifetime experience of something called happiness. That might sound selfish, but it's not. Only a sociopath or a hermit can find happiness through extreme selfishness. A normal person needs to treat others well in order to enjoy life. ~ Scott Adams

My dress, my choice of vehicles, nor my profession would be indicative of the personality I possess. I have a great personality," I said. "Maybe if you pulled that stick out of your ass," she said. ~ Scott Hildreth

When you don't know everything that you could know, it's a fine time to shut your fucking noisemaker and be polite. ~ Scott Lynch

If you don't like nice people, try the ones who aren't nice, and see how you like that! ~ F Scott Fitzgerald

John Galt was closer to the genial side of Scott, if with a narrower focus in the material he chose to write about - but for all that giving us, in thin disguise, real places and real changes in a real nation. He dealt above all with the West of Scotland, and was indeed a patriot of the region. It irked him that Edinburgh had won the epithet of Athens of the North and tried to create a fashion for calling Glasgow the Venice of the North; somehow this never caught on. ~ Michael Fry

I speak to everyone in the language they understand," said Ender. "That isn't being slick. It's being clear ~ Orson Scott Card

We really didn't talk a whole lot about relationships. I believe I asked if he had ever been married, and he said no. ~ Scott Peterson

God knows what you've been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me, but you can't fool God! ~ F Scott Fitzgerald

A man who has risked his life knows that careers are worthless, and a man who will not risk his career has a worthless life. ~ Orson Scott Card

I suppose a good recipe for life would be to allow nothing into it, knowingly at least, which is bitter.

It's disappointing we aren't able to simply spit people out that don't taste well. ~ Scott Hildreth

The second issue, which was a big one, her hands shook like she had DTs. I was tempted to go to the liquor store and get her a bottle of Jack to calm her down. The rest of her body was completely still except at the wrists. Strangest thing I'd ever seen.
Vibrators for hands. ~ Ashlan Thomas

Hope was supposed to be a good thing, but it was starting to feel like every other four-letter word you're not supposed to say. ~ Elizabeth Scott

The world is full of grief - to the exact degree we allow ourselves to love other people. (Mazer Rackham) ~ Orson Scott Card

Egyptian Proverb: The worst things: To be in bed and sleep not, To want for one who comes not, To try to please and please not. ~ F Scott Fitzgerald

Life is like taking off a girl's bra. You never know exactly what you're gonna get, but however it turns out, it's basically awesome. ~ Kylie Scott

Sometimes lies are more dependable than the truth. ~ Orson Scott Card

I thought I was a good kid. ~ Seann William Scott

This practical musicality was a comprehensive craft that involved thinking creatively and realizing it in sound. Music meant more than merely following instructions. The rote repetition of other people's music, including Bach's own, was used as example and was not the end itself. Students were encouraged to alter scores by adding notes, reducing the time value of notes, dropping notes, and changing or adding ornamentation, dynamics, and so on. One couldn't even get into Bach's teaching studio without first showing some rudimentary composing ability. ~ Scott Jarrett

Are you calling for help?" Sophie asked when he had closed the phone.
Saint-Germain shook his head. "Ordering breakfast. I'm famished." He jerked his thumb back in the direction of the Eiffel Tower, which was still erupting fireworks. "Creating something like that- if you pardon the pun- burns a lot of calories. ~ Michael Scott